Component coding and the neurointerventionalist: A tale with an end

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 615-619

  Hirsch, Joshua A ^a   Donovan, William D ^b   Leslie Mazwi, Thabele M ^a   Nicola, Greg N ^c   Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^d   Silva III, Ezequiel ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Norwich Diagnostic Imaging Associates   (United States)

^c HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^e South Texas Radiology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; COMPONENT CODING; COST CONTROL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NEUROINTERVENTIONALIST; NEURORADIOLOGY; OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REIMBURSEMENT; RELATIVE WORK VALUE UNIT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

HISTORY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOCUMENTATION; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICARE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885347888     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010606     Document Type: Review

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